On issues like privacy, copyright protection and the dominance of its search engine, Google is increasingly clashing with lawmakers and regulators.

In Europe, Challenges for Google

Projections suggest there is virtually no room over the next decade for new domestic initiatives.

Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power

The Great Bailout is mostly over for the banks. For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the lifeline keeps getting longer.

Cloudy Future for Fannie and Freddie

A young hacker let a reporter into his world of trolling for information that may one day be worth money.

Hacking for Fun and Profit in China’s Underworld

At the World Economic Forum, contentious discussions centered on President Obama’s plan to restrict proprietary trading.

Bankers in Davos Seek a United Message on Volcker Rule

During a critical day of testimony, Officer Kevin Maloney said that he saw Officer Richard Kern assault Michael Mineo on a Brooklyn subway platform in 2008.

Officer’s Testimony Supports Abuse Accusation

Evangelical churches are embracing mixed martial arts in an effort to appeal to young men.

Flock Is Now a Fight Team in Some Ministries

President Obama’s calls to tax and curb the activities of Wall Street have thrown an unpredictable element into the debate over financial regulatory reform.

Curveball Alters Talks on Wall St. Reform

A House committee wants documents showing the electronic systems on cars were not at fault.

Lawmakers Ask Toyota to Prove Fix Solves Problem

A 161-year-old Greenwich Village hospital faces an offer from a chain that would make it an outpatient center.

The Decline of St. Vincent’s Hospital

Adm. Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate panel they would review how to institute a policy allowing openly gay people to serve in the military.

Top Defense Officials Seek to End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

The Academy scattered its honors among an unusually wide field of contenders.

‘Avatar’ and ‘Hurt Locker’ Lead Oscar Field

A rare thing occurred in an area often given to autocracy: a peaceful transfer of power, months after a massacre.

After Massacre, Guinea Sees Hope of Lifted Chains

James Levine conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a characteristic selection of works by Berlioz, Ravel and Elliott Carter at Carnegie Hall on Monday.

A Maestro’s Reunion, Ripe With Ravel

A provocative and moving book about a line of cells taken from a poor black tobacco farmer, without her permission, and how they changed the face of medicine.

A Woman’s Undying Gift to Science

The play “Neighbors,” a study of black identity and self-loathing, may come as one of the most sustained shocks of this theater season.

New Play Puts an Old Face on Race

Mass Effect 2, more refined but less complex than its predecessor, melds the combat of a shooter with the storytelling and characterizations of a role-playing game.

Dragging Out a Galaxy Rescue

Where to eat in Vancouver, British Columbia, which is among the best food towns in the history of the Winter Games.

If Meals Won Medals

Fat, salt and crunch should always be invited to a Super Bowl gathering.

For the Big Game? Why, Pigskins

The McClatchy Company’s prospects are looking up, just a year after investors seemed to expect the newspaper publisher to go bust.

A Bond Issue at McClatchy

Because of an editing error, an article on Saturday about the United States’ temporarily suspending the medical evacuation of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims misstated, in some editions, the circumstances of the political campaign currently being waged by Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida. Mr. Crist, a Republican, is running to replace United States Senator George LeMieux  not Mel Martinez, who retired from the Senate last year. (Mr. LeMieux, who was appointed to the seat by Mr. Crist, is not seeking a full term.).

Corrections

An article on Friday about a new requirement by Massachusetts that many day-care centers add toothbrush time to their routines misspelled the surname of the director of the First Path Day Care in Watertown, Mass. She is Alexandra Pikus, not Picus. The article also misstated the number of preschoolers at First Path. There are 55, not 60. And because of an editing error, the article misstated the name of a Boston.com blog that posted many opinions about the toothbrush requirement. It is Moms Are Talking About  not Moms Nation.

An article on Jan. 19 about a public protest by the Guatemalan government over the arrest of three Guatemalan men at a Florida office of a shipping company gave an outdated name for the company. It is FedEx, not Federal Express. The article also misstated the name of the FedEx division that shipped a package containing a Guatemalan passport for one of the men arrested. It is FedEx Ground, not Federal Express.

Because of an editing error, an article on Saturday about J. D. Salinger’s last known address in New York City, 300 East 57th Street, misspelled the surname of his best-known literary character. He is Holden Caulfield, not Caufield.

Because of an editing error, an article on the Personal Tech pages on Thursday about Internet-based language courses misstated part of the name of Britain’s public service broadcaster. It is the British Broadcasting Corporation, not the British Broadcasting Service.

February 2, 2010

Headlines from February 2, 2010

In Europe, Challenges for Google

Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power

Cloudy Future for Fannie and Freddie

Hacking for Fun and Profit in China’s Underworld

Bankers in Davos Seek a United Message on Volcker Rule

Billboard 200

Contra

I Dreamed A Dream

Animal

The Fame

The Element Of Freedom

Historical Context for February 2, 2010